Each week, the Standard reaches out to Austin’s Typewriter Rodeo for a custom poem on Texas topics.
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The ocean (for Sarah)
Put the phone
Down
Maybe wrap it in the edge
Of that beach towel
Tuck it safely
Under the sand
(It will be fine)
(So will you)
Actually more than fine
Sit back
Do nothing
No
Really
Absolutely
Nothing
Lean back
Look out
At wave after wave
See a tiny whitecap
Leaping up for its one moment
Keep watching
Let the sound wash over
There is nothing else
You need
To do.
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